This appointment prepares you for international travel by providing personalized destination and activity-dependent recommendations. Your consult includes a review of your travel destination, activity-related risks, prevention strategies, shots, travel prescriptions, and a review of current regional travel advisories, if applicable.

A Travel Health Clearance is needed if your destination country or host university needs additional forms filled out on your behalf.

You MUST bring this paperwork to your visit.

To Schedule

  •  Log on to http://studenthealth.sa.ucsb.edu/ 
  • Click on Patient Portal Gateway 
  • Enter your UCSB NET ID and Password 
  • Click Messages on left hand side of the menu. 
  • Click New Message 
  • Select Travel Consult (Shots & Rx) 
  • Complete Travel Appointment Request form. (Your appointment confirmation will be sent within 5 business days by secure message.)   

Travel Consult reminders

  • Let your Travel Health provider know if you have any itinerary or anticipated activity changes since submitting your appointment request form
  • Bring your vaccine records if you haven't already submitted a full set of records
  • Be prepared to be vaccinated on the day of the visit
  • Watch the online travel education video, if it was assigned to you
  • If you waived out of UC SHIP, check with your insurance carrier about their coverage for travel-related expenses before you come to your consult.

When Scheduling at the Appointment Desk

  • Bring your host country or university paperwork to the appointment desk in the Student Health lobby
  • $50 regardless of insurance coverage
  • Bring immunization records if complete records were not already uploaded to your medical chart